An Introduction to Two Islamically-Integrated Models of Counselling and Psychotherapy

Exposure to Akhlaq-Restoration Therapy from Islamic-scientific perspective:

1. Evaluate various perspective about soul, human being, mental illness and psychotherapy from Islamic-scientific perspective
2. Analysis the development of human psychology throughout the life-span and various factors that affecting it.
3. Apply Islamic-scientific psychology to improve the behaviours and morals of human being.

1. Understanding Muslim presentations of Mental Illness
2. Understanding the Human from the Islamic and conventional perspectives
3. Distinguishing between Islamically-sensitive/informed, Islamically-integrated and Islamic psychotherapy
4. Recognising the advantages and disadvantages of western models for Muslim clients
5. Analysing current models of Islamic psychotherapy
6. Understanding the metaphysics of the soul in relation to the nature of God
7. Exploring the human developmentally, from pre-birth to old age, with analysis of their influences
8. Describe the different stages of human development, as well as age-related changes and problems,
9. Identify the major factors that influence physical, cognitive, social and personality development,
10. Evaluate the different approaches and perspectives of human development and the common processes that every individual experiences
11. Apply the concepts and theories learnt to explain their own development, and
12. Human nature and development to the western perspective of developmental psychology

Exposure to Muslim Marital & Familty Therapy from Islamic-scientific perspective:

1. Evaluate various perspectives about marriage and family from Islamic-scientific perspective
2. Analysis the development of human psychology throughout the life-span and various factors that affecting it.
3. Apply Islamic-scientific psychotherapy to improve Muslims’ marriage and family life.

1. Brief sketch of key figures in western marital and family therapy (Adler, Bowen, Jacobson, Satir and others)
2. Major theoretical and ideas of marital and family therapy and perspective on human nature, philosophical assumptions, model of personhood, nature of reality, theory of pathology, theory of health and the Islamic perspectives
3. Major approaches to marital and family therapy and the Islamic perspectives
4. Major therapeutic techniques and interventions and islamic approaches in application
5. Case studies